If you want to create a list of links to your favorite blogs or sites in your sidebar, please visit the Links Menu (Blogroll) support page.

If you’d like to customize the links in your navigation menu, check out the Custom Menus support page.

Creating Links in the Visual Editor

There are two ways to create links in the Visual editor.

Method One: Copy and Paste

First, copy the URL you want to link to to your computer’s clipboard. You can do this by highlighting a URL, then going to Edit → Copy in your browser’s toolbar, or by using a keyboard shortcut like CTL-C (PC) or CMD-C (Mac).

Next, highlight the text you want to link:

Finally, paste the URL you copied directly over the highlighted text. You can do this by highlighting a URL, then going to Edit → Paste in your browser’s toolbar, or by using a keyboard shortcut like CTL-V (PC) or CMD-V (Mac).

WordPress.com will automatically create a link. The highlighted text will now appear underlined and blue to let you that it is linked:

Method Two: The Link Button

First, highlight the text you want to link. Next, click the Insert/edit link button on the toolbar:

In the pop-up box that appears, enter the URL you want to link to:

URL: The URL of the link (include http:// at the start for external websites)

Open link in a new window/tab: If this box is checked clicking on your link will open up a new window/tab.

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